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phrase | manx |

As a verb phrase

is .

As a noun phrase

is phrasing.

As an adjective manx is

manx (pertaining to the isle of man or to the manx language).

As a proper noun manx is

manx; manx gaelic.

phrase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short written or spoken expression.
  • (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-30, volume=409, issue=8864, magazine=(The Economist), author=Paul Davis
    • , title= Letters: Say it as simply as possible , passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“ On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}
  • (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
  • (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
  • * Tennyson
    • phrases of the hearth
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou speak'st / In better phrase and matter than thou didst.

    Synonyms

    * (expression) figure of speech, locution * See also

    Derived terms

    * adjective phrase * adverb phrase * antecedent phrase * bombard phrase * catchphrase * consequent phrase * determiner phrase * empty phrase * noun phrase * participial phrase * phrasal * phrase book * phrase structure * phrasemaker * phraseology * prepositional phrase * set phrase * turn a phrase * verb phrase

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    Verb

    (phras)
  • (music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
  • (music) To divide into melodic phrases.
  • To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
  • * Shakespeare
    • These suns — for so they phrase 'em.

    Derived terms

    * phrasing

    Related terms

    * paraphrase * rephrase

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    manx

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celto-Germanic people.
  • Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Goidelic language of the Celtic family.
  • Relating to the Manx cat breed.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.
  • A breed of domestic cat native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and rounded, cobby body.
  • A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.

    • Synonyms

    * (cat of the Manx breed) Manx cat

    See also

    * Cymric, the long-haired version of the Manx cat breed.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Manx Gaelic, a Goidelic Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man.

    • Synonyms

    * Manx Gaelic

    See also

    * (gv)

    External links

    * (Manx language) * * (for the cat breed) * Manx - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster's Dictionary * ----